The Washington critic., 1887-12-20
THE NJ. I. s. t. MEDICINES.
A Counterfeit OF these Famous Remcdl
Discovered and Forced Out of Market

Counterfeit OF these Famous Remedies
Discovered and Forced Out of Market.
as II true that counterfeit of the M. l.
s. r. medicines has been put on the
marketp asked aCmTIc reporter Of Dr. S. d.
Murray, proprietor of Murray's Infallibe
System Tonic.
Eyes, discovered few days ago that
some porson has made up a mixture of some
kind, put il in boxes, and labeled and named
IL in cSact counterfeit OF my medicines" re-
piled the Doctor.
"Thc first knowledge had of the matter"
he continued. ''was tho receipt of a letter
from New York firm, informing mo they
had drawn upon me for thcamount Of bill
for making u lot Of paper boxes for NJ. |. S.
!. medicine. was very much surprised,
for had never ordered or received any
boxes from them. Correspondence
with the firm elected tho fact that
number of boxes had been ordered
by man assuming to bo the foreman of
the NJ. |. S. 7. Company, had been delivered
in Washington and the bill never paid Here
the counterfeitcr made his first bIunder, for
II was by reason of the bill boingunpnid that
j became aware that q counterfeit of my
medicine was on the market. Immediately
went around TO sec II could find any of the
medicine. The first wholesale drug house
went into had half gross of NJ. |. :. ]. put
up in boxes, the labels and trademarks be-
ing almost exact counterieits of mine. What
the ingredients of the medicines were have
no idea. They certainlywerc not those used by
me in the manufacture Of NJ. l. $. T. The
trouble about the counterfeit, you see, is
this.
Tho specific effect Of my medicine on in
Examinations and certain diseases is of such
q peculiar and delicate, yet powerful, nature
that any other so-callcd remedies used in the
same way are very likely to produce an en-.
tirely opposite effect, and by their harmful
results bring the real and meritorious NJ. l.
s. L. into bad repute and general disfavor
among those who had got hold of the coun-
tcrfcit
The drug firm which has the medicine on
hama say they bought il from man who
represented himself to- bo my agent. They
bought the goods In all good faith and con-
fidcnce, knowing the trade mark and my
signature, and having handled great deal
of my medicine As soon as the fraud was
discovered sent around to all the drug
stores in the city and took UP such Of the
counterfeit MEDICINE as could find, giving
such a heavy demand for these remedies that
few days sales of the counterfeit goods
might do inc almost irreparable harm by
circulating them among large number of
people.
CupyIlHulch iutuitlnSc tudb tiNlt nus pcth y
complete counterfeit of remedy, the boxes
labels, trademarks, signatures and all. The
penalty for doing this issiive years in the
penitentiary, and will take active steps to
land the perpetrator Of the. fraud AS soon as
possible. He is understood TO have left the
city, and while his general whereabouts are
known cannot lay my hand on him right
now. In the meantime the public will be
protected, as all Of the counterfeit NJ. l. s. T.
has been taken from the market, and to en-
able the druggists to detect the spurious
medicine, If any more is offered for sale,
have changed the form, and also made an
improvement in the manner Of putting II
up by using hermctically sealed
capsules, by which means the
medicine permanently retains it.
strength and purity, i hope any who
have been so unfortunate as to get any oi
the spurious medicine will call at once at my
office, 32l Pennsylvania Avenue, and have
the damage repaired will give them gen
uine goods for the counterfeit. also hope
the retail druggists will get their supply al
rectly from me, as there will then be ne
possible chance to get any but the rea
goods.n